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actually, if you knew anything about the LotR series, or anything about J.R.R. Tolkien, you'd know that The Hobbit is the prequel to The Lord of the Rings. The movie is coming out in 2010, with a part 2 in 2011. this is good, as it means more stuff from the book is being left in. Guillermo Del Toro, the dude who did Hellboy 1 and 2, is directing it, instead of Peter Jackson, who did the trilogy. and you definitely should bother.

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The books are fantastic I really enjoyed reading them to my eldest son

The films are great but while I was annoyed at the things they missed out it was the pointless stuff they added in. Also some of the characters were not portrayed correctly (the ents especially) and the different ending was not good.

I think what I loved most about the films were the settings, sets, costumes and how it looked Oh and of course from my point of view Strider and Legolas

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The movies were some of the best ever, and not just on my SciFi list. The epic scale, the perfect casting, and the incredible visuals make it one of my all time favorites.

Probably the ONLY thing about them that hold them back for me are the damn Hobbits....love the Scottish accents, but other then that they generally just annoyed me, especially 'Mr. Frodo'.......and how Sam kept calling him that......

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Well, every movie made from a book is worse than the book. For example, in The Hitch Hiker's Guide (or what is it ) is so many characters you can only imagine in your mind and when someone puts those characters in a movie, that's propably a disappointment...

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The Fox wrote:

Well, every movie made from a book is worse than the book. For example, in The Hitch Hiker's Guide (or what is it ) is so many characters you can only imagine in your mind and when someone puts those characters in a movie, that's propably a disappointment...

not necessarily. there have been really good book adaptations, such as Lord of the Rings.

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*GASP* I was sure I posted here. Huh. Lord of the Rings is tied for my first passion. With Star Wars of course. Then comes Marvel.

Anyway. The movies were probably the most accurate book turned movie I have ever seen. There were some big disappointments like Tom Bombadil and the barrow-wights.

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I think that a movie should be made on the Silmarillion, or at least one that follows the main Morgoth plotline.

The main story line please. The first part bored me to death. It's like reading genealogy in the Bible. But the second half of the book stepped up the action. Morgoth is one of my fav villains. Sauron is pretty cool though. I was unhappy with the movie portrayal. He looked fat.

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I love Tolkien and was a bit wary when they said that they were doing the movies! But Jackson did a great job! Would have liked to see the stuff that they missed but you cant please everyone! The books are far better then the movies but they were still great! I also love his other books, which I collect when I can spare a few thousand dollars! My prize collection is a first edition "Farmer Giles of Ham" still in the original dust jacket! It was a present and is right up there with my Osaka Tin wind-up Boba Fett as my most favorite item I own! Can't wait for the Hobbit, my wife has Smaug tattooed on her foot from the title page of the book! Looks Mad!

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Oh my goodness. I just learned of this. We all know Pandemic who created the beloved Battlefront I and II games. I just learned that they are making a Lord of the Rings game. Called Lord of the Rings: Conquest, it will be like Battlefront but LotR.

I am beyond stoked. So many good games coming this fall and Christmas season. Going to have a big dent in the bank account.